Battery, rise!

The army ... Once having happened in the life of the boy, it changes him forever. It is generally accepted that the army is full of idiocy, injustice and unjustified cruelty. But did it happen to be so? Why can green gates with red stars slam behind, as recruits lose almost all civil rights and find themselves in conditions of constant physical and psychological pressure? Daily, hard and focused ... Why does the army system methodically and steadily seek to squeeze out everything human and, above all, a sense of self -esteem and the ability to think independently? The author received an answer to this question during a service at a missile point in Sary-Shagan. The answer is unpleasant and honest. He was expensive, but he was worth it! Because the answer is much wider than the question. And knowing him, you stop being a boy and become a man